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Cisco Talent Connect Event TCE22 Video & Pics

Creating a natural flow from internship to employment for IT students

YouTube (2 min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoyxBdx5YLY

YouTube (45 sec): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1tdC6O71Rw
YouTube (30 sec): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_0PPSub0Xw&t=0s
YouTube (30 sec v2): https://youtu.be/7aqR-K2jk-o

Google Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/kfCc2ehpLe1JZj518

Cisco NetAcad Talent Connect Event 22

From challenging internships to rewarding jobs

On 27 October 2022, BiASC and Cisco organised a Talent Connect Event (TCE) for college students in IT infrastructure, networking, and security. The goal is to informally connect students with channel partners offering internships and jobs. Most of the students attending are bachelor's degree students. An equal number are pursuing associate degrees in systems and network administration. There were also a number of master's students and adult education students.

Interesting and challenging internships in IT infrastructure, networks and security are hard to come by for IT students in their last year before graduation. Yet all IT students are able to sign an employment contract for a rewarding job before they graduate.

Wouldn't it be a great idea to create a natural flow from internship to employment? This is the main goal of the Talent Connect event organised by Cisco BeLux, Cisco CXC and Cisco Networking Academy at Cisco headquarters in Machelen/Diegem near Brussels.

About 90 students registered for the Talent Connect event. Most of the participants are interested in an internship before the end of their studies. Fifteen participants are specifically interested in a thesis project.

Cisco TCE 22 - Overview of the Day

Late registration is still possible here
Overview of the Day in PDF format here

Cisco NetAcad Talent Connection Event - 27 Oct 2022

 

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Registration for Instructor Training Europe North October 2022

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Sign up for Instructor Training here.

Twelve different instructor training webinars will begin in the week of 10 October, allowing (new) instructors to get up to speed and become Cisco NetAcad accredited. There is something for everyone. During the sessions you will be introduced to the necessary concepts (what) and methods (how). The main benefit is that you will become part of an instructor community that shares ideas and best practices.

Classic CCNA instructor courses are offered in a variety of languages. Advanced CCNA instructors can take the next step to becoming a CCNP.

In the Programmability category, you will be introduced to the many ways DevOps and Devnet can be used to manage applications, IT infrastructure, networks and cloud in innovative ways. This is definitely an important step to prepare for the future.

In the security category, you can choose between Cybersecurity Operations and Network Security. CyberOps will help you understand malware attacks and how to defend against them. Network Security is about configuring firewalls, virtual private networks and more.

Programming fundamentals are covered in the Python Programming Essentials course. Python has become the glue that allows you to put things together that were not possible before.

The introductory courses are short webinars that will bring you up to speed if you are new to Networking Academy.

The learn more about the recent Cisco Networking Academy course updates, visit this link.

The Belgian IT Academy Support Center BiASC is a major contributor to the instructor training.

Planning S1 2022-2023 Online EN Instructor Training

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SECCON Security Community

The SECCON community focuses on knowledge sharing and collaboration in Cybersecurity

SECCON NL is a podium for experts to share insights into the security, privacy, trust, and resilience of networks, systems, services, and applications as well as novel ways for dealing with vulnerabilities and mitigating sophisticated cyber-attacks.

Launch event: September 22, 2022 from 9:00 AM-5:00 PM CET at Muntgebouw Utrecht

The event offers the community an interactive learning experience to build new relations, and create fresh energy to deal with the many challenges in the cyber security domain.

More information: Hyperlink

Practical Information - Cisco Talent Connection Event - 27 October 2022

If you haven't done so, you can ENROLL via the registration form here

Here is concrete information about the Talent Connection Event on 27 October 2022 for NetAcad students from higher education.

• Every member Networking Academy is able to delegate six students per study program to take part in the event. The students selected should be interested in IT infrastructure, Networks and Cyber Security. 
• The event takes place on 27 October between 9 am and 4 pm. 
• The event location is the Cisco Belux Office and the Cisco TAC Building. All participants will be able to experience the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) and the Customer Experience Center (CXC).
• Students will be able to interact with Cisco Channel Partners offering internships, student projects or jobs in IT infrastructure, Networks and Cyber Security.
• Participating students should be in the final phase before graduation and preparing for CCNA certification, CyperOps or DevASC.
• Channel partners are particularly interested in students with DevNet skills.
• Lunch and drinks are included.

Event Location

• Cisco Diegem Offices, De Kleetlaan 6, 1831 Machelen, Belgium.
  Use the main entrance.
• Part of the event is in the Customer Experience Center (CXC) Building behind the main office building.

Tips for students before registering

• Update your LinkedIn profile
  Cisco Channel Partners will check your profile when preparing for the event
• Think about a convincing personal motivation
  Cisco Channel Partners will be more interested for persons with a personal motivation

Adult Retraining and Upskilling Programs

• A similar event for persons in adult retraining and upskilling programs will be organized in April or May 2023.

NetAcad Midsummer Instructor Event | EN 2022 | Presentation List

From 24 until 27 August as many as sixteen Belgian Networking Academy instructors took part in the Europe North Networking Academy Conference organized by Cisco NetAcad and the main ASC/ITC partners like BiASC. Teachers from Belgium, the Netherlands, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were among the 80 registered participants.

The aim of this conference is to inspire everyone at the start of the academic year with new course materials, best practices and practical workshops. The bulk of the presentations and breakouts were about new course offerings, software, simulation tools and hardware. Also, there were multiple breakouts about Network Programmability and Cyber Security.

TCE: Talent Connect Event | Cisco Diegem | 27 October 2022

TCE: Talent Connect Event on 27 October 2022

Cisco Systems invites graduating students cordially to the Talent Connect Event on 27 October at the Cisco Belux Offices in Diegem.

During the event an informal setting will be created for IT students in their last phase of education to meet Cisco partners offering internships, student projects and jobs.

If you are looking for innovative ideas come and join us on 27 October. Registration is reserved for IT students in their final study phase who wish to meet a Cisco partner for an internship, thesis, student project or job. It is essential that participants are preparing for CCNA certification, CyberOps or DevNet.

The details of the event you will find here.

Preliminary list of Cisco & Channel Partners
Cisco, NTT, Cameo Global, Silta ICT, Rank 1, Conxion, Proximus, Damovo, Interligo, Insight Technology Solutions, Computacenter, Dustin, Simac, Cegeka, Atos, Inetum-Realdomen, Westcon/Comstor, Ingram Micro, Tech Data, SpotIT

Location: Cisco Diegem Offices, De Kleetlaan 6, 1831 Machelen, Belgium. Use the main entrance.

Registration Form: Hyperlink
Practical Information: Hyperlink

Spotit - Guest Lectures for IT Students

Guest lectures | For all programs graduate, bachelor and master

Why cybersecurity is important for everyone

Guest Lectures | For the domains ICT security, networks and systems

A day in the life of a SOC analyst
Hands-on experience with security tooling based on CTF 
Role of a CISO in a security incident

Internships

Every year, Spotit offers several internships within the areas of security and networking. Also for international students

Company visit

Functioning of the Spotit Security Operations Center (SOC)

Details 

Download Guest-Lectures-spotit-2022-2023_EN

 

Spotit - Gastcolleges voor studenten

Gastcolleges | Voor alle opleidingen graduaat, bachelor en master

• Why cybersecurity is important for everyone

Gastcolleges | Voor de domeinen ICT security, netwerken en systemen

• A day in the life of a SOC analyst
• Hands-on experience with security tooling based on CTF 
• Role of a CISO in a security incident

Stageplaatsen

• Spotit biedt elk jaar verschillende stageplaatsen aan binnen de domeinen security en networking. Eveneens voor internationale studenten

Bedrijfsbezoek

• Werking van het spotit Security Operations Center (SOC)

Details 

• Download Agenda-mogelijke-gastcolleges-spotit-2022-2023

Overview & Evaluation IT Roadshow Events - May 2022

BiASC is very happy to have gathered more than 100 instructors and education managers at the IT Education Roadshow on 6 and 13 May. Participants evaluated the events with an average score of more than 4 out of 5.

To get an overview of the conferences, presentations and evaluations, click on this hyperlink.

Talent Connect Event => Internships and Thesis Projects

Before the Covid Pandemic together with Cisco & Partners every year we planned a Talent Connection Event at the Cisco BeLux office in order to demonstrate to students the value of a career in IT Infrastructure, Networking and CyberSecurity. There have been numerous request to organize a student event in 2022. The next event will focus on internships and thesis projects for students in their last year at university (associate degree, bachelor or master).

The preliminary date for this year's Talent Connect Event with Cisco & Channel Partners this year will be Thursday 27 October 2022.

Cisco will be inviting between 25 and 35 channel partners offering internships and student projects in the domain of IT Infrastructure, Networks, DevOps, Cloud & Cyber Security.

Preliminary list of channel partners
Cisco, NTT, Cameo Global, Silta ICT, Rank 1, Conxion, Proximus, Damovo, Interligo, Insight Technology Solutions, Computacenter, Dustin, Simac, Cegeka, Atos, Inetum-Realdomen, Westcon/Comstor, Ingram Micro, Tech Data, SpotIT

BiASC Netacad & IT Education Day Pictures and Presentations | IT Infrastructure, Cloud & Devops | 13 May 2022

Here are the presentations of the different sessions at the IT Infrastructure, Cloud & DevOps Day at Thomas More University on 13 May 2022.

Pictures of the event
URL: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9yVCGgocMyCdbYEw6

NetAcad Cloud & Devops Curriculum - presentation
PDF: Download Semyon 1305 BE _ Cloud and DevOps and SFA

Git for DevOps, Network & Systems Management - presentation
PDF: Download Git for DevOps Network & Systems Management

Ansible Playbooks Practical
MD: Download Talk

Python for DevOps, Network & Systems Management - presentation
PDF: Download Python for DevOps Network & Systems Management 

Amazon Web Services, AWS Education Programs
URL: https://biasc.be/2022/05/aws_education.html

Red Hat Academy, Technology Training That Paces The Future 
PDF: Download RedHatAcademy13May2022

VMware Academy, The future isn’t just cloud, it’s multi-cloud
PDF: Download 2022 05 13 BIASC day - VMware Session - Slides

=> More presentations will be added soon

BiASC Netacad & IT Education Day Pictures and Presentations | Cyber Security | 6 May 2022

Here are the pictures and presentations of the different sessions at the NetAcad & CyberSecurity Day at Pairi Daiza on 6 May 2022.

Pictures of the event
URL: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ksdQz7vMaXVsUWAR9

NetAcad Security Portfolio

PDF: Download 2022 Security offerings overview

CyberSecurity Learning Pathway (SkillsForAll)

PDF: Download Cyber Pathway at SFA - RM_SO

CyberSecurity in the Industry (Agoria)

PDF: Download 20220505 BiASC IT Education Roadshow

Firewall Implementation Scenarios

PDF: Download Cisco Firepower Cookbook Access Control Implementation Scenarios - XS v22.05

Cyber Threat Analysis with Network Packet Analyzers

PDF: Download Cyber Threat Analysis with Network Packet Analyzers

IT EDUCATION ROADSHOW - Pairi Daiza - 6 May - Important practical information

Location: Pairi Daiza Meeting room: Octopus Date: 6 May 2022 Arrival: 8:30 h Coffee & Breakfast: 8:45 h NetAcad Conference Part 1: 9 h Lunch: 12:30 h NetAcad Conference Part 2: 13:30 h Visit of the park: 16 h Departure: 18 h

GEOLOCATION

Pairi Daiza is located in Brugelette, between Mons and Ath.
Address: Pairi Daiza - Domaine de Cambron at B-7940 Brugelette (Belgium)
GPS: “Le Domaine 1 - 7940 Brugelette”

Attention: if you visit Pair Daiza by car, always give priority to the signs "Pairi Daiza" above the instructions of your GPS.
On certain small roads in the villages around Pairi Daiza, only local traffic is allowed. There are regular police checks.

PARKING
Guests will be able to park in the parking for day visitors.
Entry to these parking lots is without a ticket. A parking ticket is only required to leave at the end of the day.
Parking tickets will be given to participants at the beginning of the seminar.

The picture below shows the reception area of the tipis where guests will be welcomed between 8:30 and 8:45 h. From this reception area you will be shown the way to the meeting room. Breakfast is served in the meeting room.

IT Education Roadshow - 6 May - Session Planning

Last Update: 3 May 2022

Address
PAIRI DAIZA, Domaine de Cambron 1, 7940 BRUGELETTE

Remarks

• Only officially registered participants are allowed to attend this NetAcad Instructors' Conference.
• The event is full.
• The schedule of sessions is provisional.
• Most sessions will be presented in English, but participants can ask questions or make remarks in Dutch, English and French.
• Bringing your own laptop can be useful in a number of active sessions.

 

 

 

IT Education Roadshow - 13 May - Session Planning

Lunch break

Last Update: 12 May 2022

Address
Thomas More Hogeschool
Kleinhoefstraat 4
2440 Geel

Remarks

• Only officially registered participants are allowed to attend this Instructor Conference.
• The schedule of sessions is provisional.
• Most sessions will be presented in English, but participants can ask questions or make remarks in Dutch, English and French.
• Bringing your own laptop can be useful in a number of active sessions.

 

BiASC IT Education Roadshow | 6-13-20 May 2022

For the professional development of IT teachers BiASC has planned an IT Education Roadshow in May 2022. All relevant IT course providers have been invited to demonstrate their latest educational learning paths on Cybersecurity, IT Infrastructure & Cloud.

=> Registration Form 6 and 13 May: [nl]  [fr]  [en]

Below is a preliminary schedule of the three events in May. Sessions will last 45 or 90 minutes. This web page is continuously updated.

Friday 6 May 2022 => Pairi Daiza AM + PM
Theme: CyberSecurity
Topics: Cisco SkillsForAll CyberSecurity Pathway; new NetAcad courses; Palo Alto, Fortinet

Friday 13 May 2022 => Thomas More University Of Applied Sciences Geel AM + PM
Theme: Virtualization & Cloud, DevOps
Topics: Cisco Devnet, Network Programmability, Linux Professional Institute LPI, Ansible, RedHat, VMware, Docker, Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Linux Professional Institute

 

Instructor Professional Development: online now in September

This quarter's GIPD Week starts on 11 September.

 Here are English sessions that fall under normal Europe times:

• DevNet Sandbox – Monday, 11 Sept 17:00 CEST/15:00 UTC
• Program Updates Option 2 – Tuesday, 12 Sept 13:00 CEST/11:00 UTC
• Zone Based Firewall – Wednesday, 13 Sept 8:00 CEST/6:00 UTC
• Packet Tracer Physical – Wednesday, 13 Sept 12:00 CEST/11:00 UTC
• Editing and Creating Packet Tracer Activities – Wednesday, 13 Sept 19:00 CEST/17:00 UTC
• An Intro to IS-IS – Thursday, 14 Sept 12:00 CEST/10:00 UTC
• Instructor Forum EMEAR – Thursday, 14 Sept 14:00 CEST/12:00 UTC

Other live Technical Sessions:

• SDN Fundamentals Part 2
• Instructor’s Guide to Teaching Introductory Python

To register for sessions go to http://cs.co/GIPD18

There are also offer localized sessions in Spanish, Italian, Russian, German, Polish at comfortable times. 

All sessions are recorded and resources will be posted within 24 – 48 hours of the session.